Feminist Scholarship Call:

The Feminist Scholarship Division is interested in receiving formal research papers, papers that are a work in progress, panel proposals, and roundtable proposals that explore the relationship of gender and communication, both mediated and non-mediated, within a context of feminist theories, methodologies, and practices.

The division particularly encourages collaborations between various divisions of ICA to focus on issues that impact women of diverse backgrounds. How does feminist theory and practice play out in the Global Activism and in Places of Work and Play across cultures, for instance? How do activist and academic spaces connect in mobilizing policy change for women and the poor? Feminist Scholars and Development workers are encouraged to submit panels that allow a productive exchange on transnational issues of women's labor and identity. Further, issues of eco-friendly production and consumption have long been of concern to feminists and in the current world socio-political as well as academic climates these have begun to be highlighted. Thus the division this year encourages submissions that can bring a focus to the trans-feminist work internationally, that will inform feminist scholarship in decades to follow.

As in the past, we continue to solicit submissions exploring issues including feminist pedagogy; the social implications of the gendered digital divide; international gender commonalities and differences by race, social class, gender, sexuality, and nationality; women's alternative media; feminist political economy of the media; feminist cultural studies; and transnational feminist theory and political practice, amongst others.

Submissions may be:
1. Full length completed research papers (maximum length 25 pages, plus tables and references; no personal references);
2. Works in progress papers may be submitted in any stage of completion but should have enough material to allow for evaluation (3,000-7,500 words). Works in progress re?ect on-going research that has not yet reached full completion stage. Works in progress should be clearly labeled.
3. Panel proposals (title, rationale of 400 words maximum, and a 150-word description of each panel paper; 75-word rationale for conference program; a full list of participants;
4. Roundtable proposals (same submission criteria as panel proposals).

Please Note: Remove all self-identifying information from submitted papers and works in progress. In creating your panels and roundtables, avoid single institution representation. Stress variety in institutional affiliations among panelists and roundtable members.

Authors should submit their paper or proposal to the Feminist Scholarship Division online at the ICA website: (see www.icahdq.org then follow the links for the 2012 Conference and online submissions).

Note: your submission MUST indicate the category in which the proposal fits. All submissions must be registered online no later than the ICA deadline.

Questions? Contact:
Paula Gardner
Associate Professor, Liberal Studies
OCAD U
100 McCaul Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1W1 CANADA
E-mail: pgardner@faculty.ocad.ca